He was about to stand up and start on another rant, which only would have led to Sam tranqing him.

2008, Charlotte Boyett-Compo, In the Arms of the Wind (page 144)

He fumbled at the dart but the needle was barbed and wouldn't come out. His fingers slid from it as a powerful numbness began to creep over his extremities. “Got him!” the man who had tranqed him shouted to his buddies.